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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



reckoned at from 90 to 100 per- 

 sons. 



Captain Forbes and three pri- 

 Tates, taken from the wreck in a 

 benumbed state, and put into the 

 hold of a small fishing Tcssel, with 

 as many as she could safely stow, 

 to be conveyed to Weymouth, died 

 in gaining the shore, though a dis- 

 tance of not more than 2 miles ; all 

 of whom, together with sergeant 

 Hart, who died the same day, were 

 buried on Friday with military ho- 

 nours. The spar-deck of the ship 

 is come up, and with it many trunks 

 and light goods ; amongst others, the 

 writing-case of cornet Burgoyne ; 

 it was found by some peasants near 

 Osmington, who not knowing the 

 nature or consequence of some pa- 

 pers therein (as a will and other 

 documents, M-ith a considerable sum 

 of money), took it to Mr. Coatcs, 

 the vicar of the parish, who received 

 the whole, and sent to inform IMr. 

 Burgoyne thereof, who is come 

 down to take possession of his pro- 

 perty. Since this, many boxes have 

 been found empty. The ship has 

 been surveyed, and the company 

 intend making an attempt to weigh 

 her ; and every hope is entertained 

 of their succeeding in it, as sh^ lies 

 in not more than 10 fathoms of 

 water. Her yards, masts, kc. have 

 been brought into Weymouth. 



5th. This night, as two Trinity 

 lighters were taking ballast between 

 Woolwich and Barking (reek, a 

 squall of wind coming on, they sunk. 

 All the men saved themselves by 

 taking to their boats, except one of 

 the name of Bulger, of Shadwell, 

 who was drowned. lie has left a 

 wife and a large family. 



6th. This night a fire broke out 

 at the shop of Mr. Pcpy's, a cutler, 

 in the Poultry, which raged furious- 



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ly for some time ; but, by the earlJT 

 arrival of the engines, was got un- 

 der, after consuming the interior 

 and back part of the premises. 

 'Jhe whole was subdued by 1 1 

 o'clock. 



7th. This morning, at 7 o'clock, 

 the servant maid of Mr. Nields, No. 

 2, Paradise row, Chelsea, near the 

 college, got up, as usual, to light 

 the fire: in a quarter of an hour 

 after, the family were alarmed by 

 the cry of fire from some of the 

 neighbours. On getting up and 

 going into the kitchen, a most me- 

 lancholy spectacle presented itself — 

 the servant maid lying on the floor 

 with her clothes burnt off, and her- 

 self burnt in such a shocking man- 

 ner, that she survived but a few 

 minutes. 



9th. The gazette of this day con- 

 tains the following letters : — one 

 from caj)tain Nourso, of the Barba- 

 does, to commodore Mood, dated in 

 November, announcing the capture 

 of L'llcureux French privateer, of] 

 10 six pounders and 80 men, nine 

 days from Guadaloupe. — Another 

 from captain Cadogan,of theCyane, 

 dated otf Antigua, I>ec. 12, men- 

 tioning the capture, off Mariga- 

 lantc, of the Buonaparte privateer 

 brig, of IS long French 8-pounders, 

 and 150 men. There were no men 

 killed or wounded by the enemy's 

 fire on board the Cyane, tliough 

 some were hurt by the accidental 

 explosion of a cartridge. — A third 

 letter from Lord M. Kerr, of the 

 Fisgard, dated Dec. 22, (a duplicate 

 of one addressed to lord Nelson), 

 states the capture of the French 

 privateer Le Tigre, formerly the > 

 Angola of Liverpool, from Cayenne I 

 to Cadiz, mounting 12 18 i)Oiind 

 carronadcs, and two brass 4 poun- 

 ders, with 40 men. She had cap- 



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